AltWeeklies Wire
21st Century Situationists
Framed inaccurately by the press, The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear is best understood as a contemporary extension of the French Situationist movement of the ’60s, a mass inversion of rhetorical logic, meant to break the spectator’s passivity toward the spectacle and turn the obscuring force of mass media back on itself. Using pop cultural references and superficial Internet memes like the double-rainbow guy and “Hide ya kids, hide ya wife...” in the context of a once-powerful political forum was a Dadaist attempt to wipe the slate clean, to rise above the fruitless tit-for-tat schoolyard shouting match to which our political discourse has been reduced by the 24-hour news cycle and corporate spin-doctoring.
"Spring Forward," "Worth the Wait," and "All the Right Moves"new
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
Tags: media
Looking Up: "Crimes of Passion," "Many Shades of Bi," "The Price of Fear"new
AltWeeklies Award - Column
Tags: media
The Conversation Artistnew
For 25 years, in his magazine The Duplex Planet, David Greenberger has compiled portraits of relationships -- the most significant being that between the artist and his muse.
Tags: media
What Really Happened?new
Three filmmakers from Oneonta draw national attention and spearhead the 9/11 truth movement.
Tags: media
Next Caller, Pleasenew
Mike Stark has received national accolades, and on-air threats, for his relentless pursuit of dialogue on the right-wing airwaves.
Ack! Sex! With Strangers!new
In the coverage of an upstate New York B&B’s controversial swingers gatherings, a few central points have gotten lost in the rhetoric.
Tweak Your Way to Efficiencynew
Lifehacking turns a geeky eye on the stuff of everyday existence.
Tags: media
I'm All Over Itnew
Developing an “Internet presence” in the ever-evolving digital universe.
Tags: media
The Daily Travestynew
A concise, angry critique of the media's inital coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Cable TV news
Fun With Numbersnew
One of the most loaded statistics around, sex-offender recidivism rates, is also one of the most commonly misstated.
Bad Timesnew
Where are the writings of the liberal media elite? In the pages of its purported flagship, The New York Times, all this critic finds are namby-pamby and naive centrists slumming for cred.
"Size Matters," "Hold the Spice," and "Finished in an Unfinished Sort of Way"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
